-In math next week we will begin out 2nd unit in math! Please see the new standards below. We will begin decomposing and comparing numbers next week. Work with numbers 11–19 to gain foundations for place value. MGSEK.NBT.1 Compose and decompose numbers from 11 to 19 into ten ones and some further ones to understand that these numbers are composed of ten ones and one, two, three, four, five, six , seven, eight, or nine ones, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record each composition or decomposition by a drawing or equation (e.g., 18 = 10 + 8) Know number names and the count sequence. MGSEK.CC.3 Write numbers from 0 to 20. Represent a number of objects with a written numeral 0-20 (with 0 representing a count of no objects). Count to tell the number of objects. MGSEK.CC.4 Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities; connect counting to cardinality.
can be thought of as a dime. (Use dimes as manipulatives in multiple mathematical contexts.) Compare numbers. MGSEK.CC.6 Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group, e.g., by using matching and counting strategies. MGSEK.CC.7 Compare two numbers between 1 and 10 presented as written numerals. Classify objects and count the number of objects in each category. MGSEK.MD.3 Classify objects into given categories; count the numbers of objects in each category and sort the categories by count. MGSE1.NBT.1 Count to 120, starting at any number less than 120. In this range, read and write numerals and represent a number of objects with a written numeral. Writing numbers to 50. What you can do at home: Practice counting to 120 every night and practice writing numbers to 50. Discuss that a penny equals 1 cent and practice counting pennies with one to one correspondence. Discuss that a dime equals ten cents and that we can trade ten pennies for a dime. Practice counting dimes by 10’s. For a challenge, put dimes and pennies together and have students count. Find objects around the house and compare groups-which group has the greatest amount? Least amount? Do any groups have an equal amount? Practice decomposing numbers into tens and ones. - In writer’s workshop, we will continue our “Show and Tell’ unit by writing show and tell stories. We will continue to work on thinking of an idea, telling about all the parts, and beginning to write and draw all the parts. This week we focused on adding labels to our drawings, check out our label work on seesaw! What you can do at home: have students practice sounding out words and writing down the sounds they hear on paper and draw pictures with details and label their pictures. You can also remind students that when writing, the first letter in a sentence is uppercase and the rest is lower case, there are finger spaces between words, and periods at the end of sentences. We will continue to work on this in class. - In reading, we will continue our 2nd reading unit of study. We will continue to pay attention to the character’s feelings by noticing what clues the author and illustrator gives. Students will then use this to label their books with a sticky note. If a student notices a character is happy, they can sound out the word happy on a sticky note and place it in the book. They can do the same things with other feelings. Students will also work labeling pictures in our books to match what we are working on in writing. For instance in our book The Three Billy Goats Gruff, students can label the animals, places and things they see such as the troll, bridge, goats, etc. using sticky notes. During reading groups, we will be reading instructional level texts and using strategies to help us decode words. What you can do at home: Read every night like you are working with a partner (sit side by side, have a book in the middle, read back and forth, etc.) and ask your child questions about what she/he is reading about. For students who need to work on letters and letter sounds, you can have students find letters around the house and ask them what sounds they make. -In social studies, we will begin our unit on identifying and explaining the meaning of American symbols (statue of liberty, American flag, liberty bell, etc.) We will begin this unit by having students draw any sign they know of and then we will go on a symbols scavenger hunt around school. At home, you can discuss different symbols you see when you are out and what they mean. You can discuss how symbols show information and if symbols mean the same thing to everyone. Would people in other countries understand what these symbols mean? Why is it important to understand symbols? What positive character traits do you display? Why? -We will begin our 2nd IB unit. Transdisciplinary theme: Who We Are Central Idea: Symbols show information. Lines of Inquiry: Symbols and people that represent our country (perspective) Symbols and people that represent countries around the world (perspective) How positive character traits can shape an individual ( reflection/ responsibility) Key Concepts: Perspective, Reflection, Responsibility Related Concepts: Beliefs, Interpretation, Values Transdisciplinary skills: * Thinking Skills- Comprehension * Communication- Viewing. Students will have multiple opportunities to view symbols through different types of media and interpret the information they learned. * Social Skills- Cooperating. Students will have to work together to research one country and then to present together the information they learned to other kindergarten students. Attitudes: Creativity, Appreciation, respect Learner Profile: Thinker, open-minded, caring What you can do at home: Discuss the learner profile words of thinker, open-minded, and caring and the attitudes of creativity, appreciation, and respect and how students can display these in their community. October Cookies for Character- I will be looking for students who demonstrate the learner profile of thinker/inquirer. The Learner Profile is: Thinker/Inquirer Some of you might have seen on seesaw, that we had a third grader who went to London, England last week come in and tell our class all about England! The students had excellent questions for him and used what they already knew about England to structure their questions! It was amazing! It was so fun to learn more about our country of study from a kid!!!
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